Fred and George went to their first class in Hogwarts, which was Potions. Lee, Fred, and George all went down to the dungeons, where Potions was always held. They walked into class, where, fortunately, they were not late like they thought they would be. Everyone in the classroom was sitting in two's. All three friends looked at each other.
"Well, who's going to be the one separated?" George asked.
"I know! We can play 'Rock, Paper, Scissors!" Lee said. Both brothers looked at him as though he was crazy.
"What in the name of Merlin's beard is that?" Fred asked.
"Well, it's a Muggle game." Lee explained the rules.
"This sounds mad, but let's try it." George said, and all of them put out their fists. George and Lee won with rock, and Fred lost with scissors.
"Sorry Fred." George said, and sat with Lee near the middle. Fred shrugged, and sat by himself near the back. The rest of the class was filing in, talking and laughing. Fred was pulling out his potions book, when someone tapped his shoulder.
"Hi, can I sit next to you? Everywhere else is full." Fred looked up. She was that one girl who got sorted after Lee Jordan, Angelina Johnson.
"Sure." Fred moved over, to let the girl sit down.
"Thanks. What's your name?" She asked.
"My names Fred Weasley. What's yours?" He asked, even though he already knew her name.
"Angelina Johnson." She pulled out her potions book.
Just then, a man with black, greasy hair walked into the classroom.
"Please settle down." Were his first words. The class went silent.
"I am Professor Snape, your potions teacher. Many of you expect Hogwarts to be a simple school of foolish magic tricks and wand-waving madness. You have come to the wrong place. You will deeply regret messing with me, or fooling around during class." He glanced at all the Gryffindor students in the room.
"Today, you will be doing a simple Cure for Boils potion. All the steps and ingredients are on the chalkboard." He waved his wand, and all the instructions were written in white chalk.
All the students in the classroom were focusing on their potions, talking quietly as it bubbled in their caldrons. The instructions said they had to wait fifteen minutes as it brewed in the cauldron. Fred and Angelina waited in silence.
"So…" Fred started, trying to make a conversation of some sort. "How's Hogwarts so far?"
She shrugged. "All right, I guess."
"Yeah…"
Silence began once more. Fred looked at her.
Just say something! He told himself. Impress her somehow!
"I heard about this school since I was a kid." He tried.
"Really?"
"Yeah. I have three older brothers who talk about this school all the time."
"Cool. I wish I had three siblings."
"Well, I have six, actually."
Her eyes popped open. "Oh my gosh! Really?"
"Yep. Five brothers, one sister."
"Wow."
"In fact, that's my twin brother over there." He pointed at George who was sitting a few tables away.
George was laughing at something Lee said, and looked over where at Fred and Angelina, who were both looking at him. He stopped instantly at the sight of Angelina, and turned away quickly.
"That must be awesome; having a bunch of siblings." Angelina said to Fred.
"Well, it's alright." Fred said, proud of himself for finding a conversation to talk about with a cute girl.
"I'm a half-blood. My dad was a wizard, but died one month before I was born. My mom never got re-married, and hates me." He face turned from happy into miserable.
"Oh. I'm so sorry." Fred said.
Great job. He told himself. You just made her unhappy.
I didn't know! He fought with himself. I would never talk about that if I knew!
"Look! It's done!" Angelina pointed out. Fred was brought back to the real world, and helped her add the rest of the ingredients. Professor Snape looked over their shoulders, but made no comment.
At the end of class, they both put their vile onto the desk.
"It was nice meeting you, Fred." Angelina called, as she walked a separate way. Fred watched after her, her braids swinging behind her. George elbowed Fred in the side lightly.
"Earth to Fred? Hello? Anyone in there?"
"I'm right George."
"Are you?" George asked, and Fred nodded.
"Come on. We'll be late for our next class." Fred replied, and they walked to class.
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